Where does “Anguilla” come from?

Anguilla (Translingual) comes from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

Anguilla (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Anguilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
2Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

Words derived from “Anguilla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguilla →